# Accident 20190725024189A: Aero Commander S2R, Cuthbert, GA, July 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2019, 19:18 local time
- Place: Cuthbert, GA
- Airport: Cuthbert-Randolph
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 7P3G
- Location: 31.6050° N, 84.8250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6050&lon=-84.8250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5680X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5680X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander S2R (registry code 0143022, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-s2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER S2R
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,250 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190725024189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LESS THAN 5 MIN INTO 137 FLT, 6 MI ENROUTE TO DUSTING OP APPROX. 10 MI SE OF K25J, PILOT NOTICED STRONG OIL SMELL AND 1/2 NORMAL NG AND DROPPING FOR CONFIG. LOCATED FIELD FOR LZ ON EAST HEADING, DROPPED LOAD 300YDS FROM LZ FULL OF STUMPS AND SCRUB, TORNOUT RHT MAIN, BENT LFT MAIN, TORNOUT TAILWHEEL AND CAME TO REST ON WEST HEADING. BENT FRAME. NO OBVIOUS MX ISSUES FOUND. ADEQUATE FUEL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA19LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA238), Jul 25, 2019: Aero Commander S2R (N5680X), Cuthbert, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 1 bearing due to fatigue which resulted in a partial loss of engine power. The reason for the bearing failure could not be determined based on the available information.

## Other reports on N5680X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930222021029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930222021029I), Feb 22, 1993: Ayres S2R (N5680X), England, AR, Minor damage. Aircraft vibration on final. Landed short of runway. Right wing hit fence post, propeller blade broke off on final.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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